Holmes v. Town of Oyster Bay
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*1048The plaintiff allegedly sustained injuries when she tripped on a tree stump in a tree well located in a utility strip, which ran parallel to a sidewalk in the Town of Oyster Bay, abutting the property of the defendant DataPlus Management, LLC (hereinafter DataPlus).
DataPlus met its prima facie burden of demonstrating its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. An adjoining landowner may be liable for injuries caused by a sidewalk defect only where it affirmatively created the dangerous condition, negligently made repairs to the area, caused the dangerous condition to occur through a…
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